Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1887-02-10


has been appointed trial justice.
Mrs. Sarah Tinker, of West fremont, was
one hundred years old the twenty-fourth of
January.
Mrs. Samuel Royal, Jr.. was quite i'll last
week, but at last accounts was improving in
health.
Miss Nancy Parker of Bangor is spending
a few days with her sister. Mrs. Samuel Roy
al Jr., in this city
Mr.. Geo. b. Floyd, 1.-THE milkman.' is the
mail carrier on the new route between Els
worth and West Ellsworth.
Hon. J. d. Hopkins and Senator Burrll
came home from Augusta saturday evening.
We hear that both have returned.
The great exciting topic at the capital ap-
pears TO be the Bar IIarbor water question.
We hear with pleasure that the entertain
ment at the Head of the Lane school-house.
| few evenings ago was most pleasant ocea-
sion, and a financial success, the net receipts
amounting to about S25.
Mr. Kidder Moore captured huge Wild
cat short time ago. Last week he had the
animal on exhibition in a cage preparatory TO
sending him to Boston for market.
We hear that horse belonging to Mr.
Harvey Woodward dropped dead in the street
one day last week. from some cause unknown.
Capt. and Mrs. B. T. Atherton of the
Hotel Atherton. and Capt. \. H. Higgins,
Of the Mount Desert House." Mt. Desert.
were in this city on Saturday last.
| DIR. A. c. Hamlin. OF Bangor. arrived in
Franklin, Feb. 1, for few day>' camping and
| fishing with Hon. ], II. West.
Two persons under arrest, and sentenced
/ to two. and twelve wears in states Prison. took
/ the boat ut sullivan few days ago, IN charge
of an officer. They were from Washington
| Co.. and their crimes, theft and arson.
Capt. G.. \. Parker while chopping in the
woods Mt ScdEwiek. recently, had his eye quite
badly hurt by piece Of wood falling from the
| tree on which he was at work.
School in the second district. Cranberry
Isles. closed not long ago. taught by Mr., Rich
ard Perkins Of Lamoine. This was his seventh
term at Cranberry Isles. and his nincty-njnth
term of school. His one hundrcdth term will
commence at once.
We have received with the compliments Of
Hon. f. C. Burlci-h, State Treasurer. the
annual report Of the Treasurer Of the state Of
Maine for the fiscal wear ending Dec, 81, l>Nd.
in pamphlet form Thank Won. Mr.. Treasurer.
IL Is good reading
The Mount Desert H,r"id OF last week
SAYS: The heaviest gale We have ever known
at Bar Harbor prevailed here last Friday night
Wind from W and heavy rain.
Dir. c. F. Ware. Of Buch>port. who j.
spcnling the winter at Puget sound. has sent
to his son at home A robe. or blanket. made Of
braided strips 81 skin with the FIR on it, taken
from the Alaska mountain cat, and was braid
ed by natives of Alaska. II took the skin OF
three hundred cats To make it, The color j. "a
yi,h white.
TIN. teams hauling bark 10 the Amherst
tannsry were ali obliged To suspend WORK on
account ofib, recent fhaw. They hay, all re-
turned f., TN, wood. now and are ,loin, = GOOD
l,.ipc.. The, bay, landed. q, '5r.,r amount II
bark Al In. tanner, ward alrrad, and haze not
h..n h,th.r,J hy deem SHOWS a much M some
of the urrivcr operators
The N,.hyifL. students. iuhil.c singers. at
,b,ir entertainment ,t Hancock Han. ON >.,iur-
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